* Brad Keselowski won the U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway. It was Keselowski’s second series victory of 2009 and fourth overall win in his 90th start.
* JR Motorsports scored its sixth series victory and second of 2009.
* Keselowski was the first driver to win one of the Nationwide Dash for the Cash races and was awarded a $75,000 bonus. Kyle Busch leads the Nationwide Dash for the Cash points by five over Keselowski; the points leader gets a $50,000 bonus following Memphis.
* Busch (second) has finished in the top two in the last nine races, tying Sam Ard for the longest streak in series history. Busch has led in 18 consecutive races. If he leads at Watkins Glen he will tie Ard’s record for most consecutive races with at least one lap led (19).
* Busch has a 207-point lead over second-place Carl Edwards in the Nationwide Series standings.
* Jason Leffler (third) posted his 16th top-10 finish of 2009.
* Carl Edwards (fourth) has finished in the top 10 in 12 of the last 13 races.
* Kelly Bires (fifth) scored his third top-10 finish in 11 races this season. It was his third career top-5 finish.
* Jason Keller (sixth) scored his sixth top-10 finish of 2009.
* Kenny Wallace (seventh) has finished in the top 10 in the last two races. The last time Wallace finished in the top 10 in consecutive races was in 2005.
* Michael McDowell (eighth) was the highest-finishing rookie of the year contender for the fifth time this season.
(ESPN.com)(8-4-2009)
